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Wednesday 26th April

14.00 - 18.00Registration Open
For those in Wellington we encourage you to come to the venue on Wednesday afternoon to pick up your name tag and programme. This will ensure you can head straight to the Auditorium for the Conference Opening on Thursday at 8.50am.

Thursday 27th April

08.00 - 19.30Registration Open
08.50 - 09.15Conference Opening & Welcome
09.15 - 10.30Plenary 1a
Kaikoura Earthquake Session - Government View
Hon Steven Joyce, Minister of Finance, and Minister for Infrastructure
Bruce Pepperell, Wellington Region Emergency Management Office
Sarah Stuart-Black, Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
10.30 - 11.00Morning Tea
11.00 - 12.30Plenary 1b
Kaikoura Earthquake Session - Technical Details
Caroline Holden, GNS
Liam Wotherspoon, University of Auckland
Sally Dellow, GNS
David Loe, North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery
Peter Smith, Spencer Holmes
John Hare, Holmes Consulting Group
12.30 - 13.30Lunch & Poster Session
13.30 - 15.30Oral Presentations
15.30 - 16.00Afternoon Tea
16.00 - 17.00Keynote 1
Rene Lagos
17.00 - 18.00NZSEE SGM & AGM
17.00 - 18.00ASSISi Meeting
18.00 - 19.30Welcome Reception

Friday 28th April

08.30 - 09.15Keynote 2
Gianmario Benzoni
09.15 - 09.20Move to next session
09.20 - 10.35Oral Presentations
10.35 - 11.05Morning Tea
11.05 - 12.35Oral Presentations
12.35 - 13.35Lunch and Poster Presentations
13.35 - 15.30Plenary 2
Design for Damage Control in Structures
Stefano Pampanin, University of Canterbury
Felice Ponzo, University of Basilicata
Alessandro Palermo, University of Canterbury
Misko Cubrinovski, University of Canterbury
David McGuigan, MBIE
Will Parker, Opus
15.30 - 16.00Afternoon Tea
16.00 - 18.00Oral Presentations
18.45 - LateConference Dinner

Saturday 29th April

08.30 - 09.15Keynote 3
Akira Wada
09.15 - 09.20Move to next session
09.20 - 10.35Oral Presentations
10.32 - 11.05Morning Tea
11.05 - 12.20Oral Presentations
12.20 - 13.15Lunch and Poster Presentations
13.15 - 15.15Plenary 3
Resilient Communities
Ron Mayes, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Mike Mendonça, Wellington City Council
John Vargo, Resilient Organisations
Peter Townsend, Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce
David Johnston, GNS
Mike Stannard, MBIE
15.15 - 15.30Awards and Closure
15.30 - 16.00Afternoon Tea